Environmental Technician III

Overview

The Environmental Services Technician III is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment. The EVS Tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related interactions and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas.

• Transport regular waste, soiled linen, bio-hazardous waste, recycling waste, and maintain trash containers; weigh and record clean linen; and prepare bio-waste for shipping. Operate trash dumpsters, scales, and package bio-waste for shipping as required.
• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Transport waste to designated collection locations and prepare for transport in accordance with Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and other designated areas to leave the area clean and litter-free.
• Empty and clean trash containers so they are free from spills and marks.
• Operate outside cleaning equipment, such as pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine.
• Proactively maintain patient and non-patient areas to be compliant with all mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintain work areas in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
• Clean and disinfect patient rooms and ancillary areas to achieve a Superior Facility Image, including bathrooms, public areas, corridors, medication storage rooms, as directed and any other areas requiring attention using designated chemicals and procedures.
• Maintain equipment in a clean and functional condition; keep work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Work independently to complete tasks as assigned.
• Respond to common inquiries from units/departments for linen requests; deliver clean linen to user areas on established par levels; use handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
• Record telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log; pick up soiled linen from user areas and deliver to the holding area for Laundry pickup.
• Weigh and record clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pickup; record the Laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen.
• Maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintain compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

• DOT (Department of Transportation) Certification within the first 90 days.
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST), preferred.

• Three (3) or more years of experience in health care support services and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field to include one (1) or more years’ experience as a porter or warehouse worker.